It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that longer queues and wait times are frustrating for customers. But how long is long? At what point do customers do bail? At what point does the customer experience turn sour — even if the customer sticks around to complete their transaction?
Bonnie McGeer delved into the matter [...]

Have you heard about Starbucks’ new retail experiment? The coffee chain that spent the last decade stamping out carbon-copy store locations is “de-branding” a number of locations, starting with a Seattle location, now called “15th Ave Coffee & Tea.”
Gone is the familiar green and white mermaid logo. So, too, are the automated espresso machines. In [...]

The results of a recent study of by JCDecaux Airport and Eyetracker suggest that people don’t take in their surroundings (and the advertising within) in the manner we think they do.
As marketers, some of us might be tempted to think there’s a simple cause and effect at play when people encounter our ad messaging.

The ad [...]

In case you missed the recent webinar, “Digital Signage in Retail Financial Services,” we have produced a book with highlights and quotes from the panel discussion. Just click below for your own copy.

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You’ve heard of demographics and psychographics, but how about segmenting customers by the kind of banking experience they’re most likely to appreciate?
Building on some of the ideas that were put forth by Pine and Gilmore and others, that’s what Samuel Rabino, Stephen Onufrey, and Howard Moskowitz recommend in their recent paper “Examining the future [...]

Digital Signage in Retail Financial Services: What John Ryan’s European Survey Means for Your Bank
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Yesterday, we hosted the webinar, “Digital Signage in Retail Financial Services: What John Ryan’s European Survey Means for Your Bank.” Hosted by Bob Steele, John Ryan’s Vice Chariman, the webinar featured retail luminary Paco Underhill and [...]

It seems that the Internet is constantly abuzz with tales of coporate woe and shame. Take Dominos Pizza, which was recently blindsided by a handful of employees who recorded themselves as they violated practically all known health codes — and then posted the videos to YouTube. Dominos’ hamfisted response to the social media storm that [...]

If you’re a blogger on digital signage, financial services or marketing topics, or if you’re an avid Twitter user with an interest in those subjects, please consider livetweeting or blogging our upcoming webinar, “Digital Signage in Retail Financial Services: What John Ryan’s European Survey Means for Your Bank.”
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How quickly are banks adopting digital signage? What obstacles are they encountering? What can we learn from banks who have already pioneered this emerging medium?
Join us for “Digital Signage in Retail Financial Services: What John Ryan’s European Survey Means for Your Bank,” a free webinar that explores these [...]

This month the McKinsey Quarterly provides a comprehensive look at Rebuilding Corporate Reputations. Today, public perceptions are molded by the swift far reaching strokes of a vast array of media, bloggers, NGOs, and other influencers, and as a result, “now more than ever, it will be action—not spin—that builds strong reputations.”  It is no surprise [...]